-It's "Veteran's Day", originally "Armistice Day" to celebrate the end of World War One, "The War to End all Wars".
November 11 is our Remembrance Day, but not a statutory holiday
Gerald R. Ford was the first to declare November 11th a holiday.
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Closest National holiday is Veterans Day on November 11, 2011.
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The first name given to the November 11 holiday was Armistice Day. In 1919, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed this special date, which referred to the ending of WW1 on November 11, 1918. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a legislation to change this name to Veteran's Day, which is a legal holiday in the United States..
Lincoln. He did this after Gettysburg.
Woodrow Wilson was President when November 11 became a national holiday. The reason was the Armistice ending WW I which occurred on November 11,1918.
If November 11 falls on a weekend, Veterans Day is celebrated on that day, but the Federal holiday for Veterans Day will be on the Monday after.
US Veterans Day holiday is ALWAYS the 11th of November. In 2009 it is Wednesday, 11 November.